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Homan Announces Expanded Immigration Enforcement, Hiring Goals and Record Arrests at Border Security Expo
White House border czar Tom Homan told attendees at the Phoenix event that this year will see mass deportations and far higher arrest numbers with 10,000 additional agents. Current DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin reported 1,900 arrests on May 5 and 2,700 deportations last week.
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White House border czar Tom Homan declared at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona, on or before May 7, 2026, that mass deportations are coming and that the public has not yet seen the full scope of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement.
"If you think last year's historic number is good, wait till next year and we have 10,000 more agents on the border. You ain't seen s* yet," Homan said in his opening remarks.
"This year will be a good year. " Immigration officers arrested more than half a million undocumented immigrants last year, according to officials at the Expo, and are making about 1,200 arrests a day. President Trump campaigned on a promise of a million deportations a year.
U.S. citizens were killed by Homeland Security officers during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis in January 2026. Homan led a drawdown of the crackdown in Minnesota following the incident.
Trump earlier this year promised "a little bit of a softer touch" on immigration and replaced Kristi Noem with former Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as secretary of homeland security.
Homan pushed back against criticism of the president. "For the people out there saying President Trump's weak on mass deportation, what the hell are you talking about? President Trump made a promise to the American people that's going to happen," he said.
He stated that deportations and arrests would prioritize anyone with a criminal background or seen as a security threat. "It doesn't mean because you prioritize criminals, everybody else is off the table. I've said no one's off the table.
